Detachable heel.



110.852,1731 l PATBNTBD APR. so, 1901. l J. GREENSTBIN E JJLBDNXTZKY.

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APPLCATION FILED JULY18,1906,

m mi@ "UNITIED Srlrtfllll iirfifllENT OFFCE.,

JUlilU-b (iltlll'lX'IllN ANI.) JEM) LEDNITZKY, 0F NEW 'Oltl, N. Y,

DETACHABLE HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April so, 1907.

pplieatien led July 19,1906. Serial Die. 326,724.

Y proximatel)Y U shape attached to the lower late 'i `bv liraehets 8 and t) which allow a lateral movement of the spring, the purpose gary, and residents oll the eit)Y oll Nev York,

m the eount \Y ol' New York and State of New Yorlt. have invented eertain new and useful i improvements in Detachable Heels, of which the iollowing is a specification.

'the invention relates to improvements in detachable heels for boots and shoes, and particularly to means` l'or fastening detachable heel .'seetions to the heel oi a boot or shoe.

The obieet oi' the same is to improve the eonstruetiou el detachable heels; more espeeiallv the means for detaehabbY interlocking a heel with a boot or shoe7 and lo provide a simple, inexpensive and ellieient device ol' `great strength and durability, adapted to be readil)v applied to a shoe and eapable ot' quit-,lily being' removed from a shoe, when des sired, whereby one heel-seetionngay be replaced by another in the event of wear or other injury to the lirst one, and, in some instanees, to permit diilerent l'orms ol' heelsee-tionsl to be used on a sint-le pair ol boots or shoes.

out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal i .seetional vieu' ola portion ol' a shoe, provided uhh a detaehalile heel eoustrueted in aeeordainre with this invention, Fit'. 2 is a transversey seetional view ol' the .same'in line 2--2 ot' Fig'. l. Fie: il is a horizontal seeiion ol' die same in line i; I ol' ["ie. I3, lie'. Ll isa detail of tainstrueiion. Fig. 'i is a transverse sectional view oi a modified torni olE the invention.

ln the said drawings the relerenee numeral l. designates a shoe oll any prelerred shape or style, having the usual sole 2. A plate is secured to the latter h v nails, serews or other fastening devices. 'l`he plate is prel'erablv made oi metal or hard rubber and conforms to the shape oll the heel. A plurality ol` bolts or pins 4, provided with note-hes 5, are attached to it in any suitable manner, the notches to be engaged by a spring 6 of apoll nlneh will be Lereinrl'ter lleselilual. The springr is located in a. vU-nllaped recess closed wall sides, except the straight front end 'of the heel.

The platt; 7 is secured to the upper portion of the detaehal-ile heel seetion ldhv nails, er

otlielwfastenine deviees. '.lhe plates 3 and T are preeisely o'l' `the same dimensions, onl` having a pluralitv oli holes of apertures Il., which are engaged by the belts or pins of the other and provide then-b)` means ltnI preventing` the longitudinal and lateral movement of the detaehable heel seetten. n'liile' the -springr t5 securel)A vertical movement.

Fig. 5 sli/.urs a ioodilied lorm oll -the invention'. A piaralil)v ol' bolts or pins l2 is attaehed to the plate Si, eoznprising a serenthreaded part 133, bj.' infans ol whit-l1 the bolt' is set-.tired to the plate il. furthermore a shank ist and a point l5. gutted by the spring (tand holds tht-rel.) the detachable heel set-tion seeurelg.v against vertieal movement, while the points lf, en-

hoids the saine agains engine the holes or apertures ll, ha\ in;` in

The invention eonsists in the eonstruetion i and novel eombinatitm and arrangement olI j parts hereinafter 'l'ullv deseribed, illustra-ted in the aeeompanting drawings, and pointed this present ease eonieal shape, -prevent the lateral :1nd longitudinal movement ol the heel.

v Shonld it be desired to appl the detaehable heel seetion to the hoot or shoe, the pins oln the heel are plaeed inlo the. holes ol' the set-tion. the U shaped sprintr en ale'es ,the notehes oll the 'olts and prevents thereb)- the removal ol tie detaehable heel seetion l'rom the pernnni nt heel portion. 'l`o remove the detaehaife heel seelion, the sprint: (i is pressed together lrom the open end olI the reeess by a suitable tool, vvhereby it disengages from the notehes, and the bolts can then bey easil)v removed l'roln the holes, whereby the heel seetion is detached.

As new and usel'ul is elaimed and desired to be secured b v Letters Patent. ol` the United States ln. a boot or shoe, the eoml ination with a permanent sole, ol` a plate seetha'ed thereto, a plurality ol' bolts at-taehed to said plate, a removable heel-seel'ion, a eompanien-plate seemed to said removable heel-seetion and havingr a plurali@r of holes adapted to be en- IOO gaged by said bolts, and a. U-shaped spring York and State of New ml.' th B-.ll day ef attached to said companion-plate and suitvuly, A. D. 1906. able to engage all of said bolts and adapted JULZUS (ll' .".Smll to become disengagedl from said bolts b v` HNO LEDNYHY. being pressed together from the front-end of said detachable heel-section.` Y

Signed at New York in the county of New -'Vtnessc-s; Y

RALPH Jx'Lmv: Stammes, MARVIN WOOD. 

